About
Alexandre is a Senior Associate in our dispute resolution practice group and specializes in commercial and investment arbitration.
Alexandre advises and represents corporations and sovereign States in international disputes involving a variety of sectors, including energy, infrastructure, mining, technology and finance. He has acted as counsel in multiple high stakes disputes, in English, Spanish and French, including arbitrations under various rules, including ICSID (and its Additional Facility), UNCITRAL, LCIA, CIMA and ICC. He also has experience in pre-arbitration negotiations and judicial proceedings related to arbitration, as well as advising clients on multi-jurisdictional compliance and regulatory issues related to US and EU sanctions.
Alexandre is also a member of our Global Projects Disputes Practice in Continental Europe, focusing in complex construction disputes.
During his time at Freshfields, Alexandre spent a year in our Washington DC office, two years in Rome and two years in New York prior to joining our Madrid office.
- Representing a Spanish renewable energy producer in an ICSID arbitration against a Latin American State over regulatory measures interfering with its investment in a 340MW photovoltaic plant.
- Representing a leading Spanish energy company in a commercial arbitration arising out of a dispute concerning the price of a gas-supply agreement subject to Spanish law.
- Representing the subsidiary of a Honduras-based conglomerate in an LCIA arbitration against a Latin American State over its concession to maintain and operate four international airports.
- Representing a Singapoerean energy company in an ICSID arbitration against a Latin American State relating to its investments in the power generation and distribution sector.
- Representing a Swiss mining company in an UNCITRAL arbitration against a Latin American State for the nationalization of its mining assets.
- Representing a Spanish banking group in an arbitration brought against a Latin American State pursuant to ICSID Additional Facility rules for the nationalisation of a pension fund administration system.
- Representing a Latin American State in ICSID resubmission proceedings brought by the subsidiary of an international energy company in relation to the determination of electricity tariffs.
- Representing a Spanish company of the infrastructure sector in an ICSID arbitration against a Latin American State regarding the interference with tariff regime of toll highway concessions.
- Representing various international companies in a commercial arbitration under UNCITRAL rules arising out of the termination of two oil production sharing contracts.
- Representing a group of Latin American subsidiaries of a multinational commodity trading and mining company in a multi-party commercial ICC arbitration, in which the combined value of the claims exceeded US$1 billion.
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